Ipswich City Council

2008 Festival of Theatre Events

The first release of 2008 Festival of Theatre performances are now on sale and can be purchased through the Ipswich Civic Hall online ticketing system.

Please follow the prompts to purchase tickets online (please note that the view seats option is currently not available for all seating plans, that online sales cease 18 hours prior to performances, that tickets can also be purchased during office hours by phone on 07 3810 6100).

If you have any feedback on the program or online ticketing please send a message to Ipswich Civic Hall email gmears@ipswich.qld.gov.au

Online ticket sales cease 18 hours prior to performances. Tickets can also be purchased during office hours by phone on 07 3810 6100 or 45 minutes before the performance when tickets are available.

Before booking, please register and a password will be sent to you by email.

What's On

"Heroes" - by Queensland Theatre Company

Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 May 7.30pm

Adults $29.50 Conc. $27.50 VIP & QAC $26 Group $26

Child 17 and under $12.50

A comedy play starring Max Gillies, Robert Alexander and Dennis Olsen

First World War veterans Henri, Gustave and Philippe spend their autumn years reflecting upon the peculiar circumstances of their equally peculiar nursing home. Will Philippe survive Sister Madeleine's obsession with birthdays? Can Gustave ever get past the front gate?

How will Henri woo his young school teacher? And is there more to the stone dog than meets the eye? Time is running out for our three ex-Musketeers, until they hatch a daring plan to seize the day: their own great escape from the nursing home!

Harry Manx and Friends

Thursday 29 May 7.30pm Adults $30 Conc. $28 Child $22

Australian Tour 2008

Internationally acclaimed Canadian guitarist/singer-songwriter Harry Manx comes to Ipswich as part of his fifth Australian tour. Dubbed an "essential link" between the music of East and West, his unique sound is bewitching and deliciously addictive to listen to. Blend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues, add a sprinkle of gospel and some compelling grooves and you'll get Manx's unique "mysticssippi" flavour.

It's hard to resist, easy to digest and keeps audiences coming back for more.

Menopause the Musical

~~Wednesday 4 June 7.30pm,~~ SOLD OUT

~~Thursday 5 June 1.30pm~~ SOLD OUT

~~Thursday 5 June 7.30pm~~ SOLD OUT

Adults $39 Conc. $36

Half a million Australian women can't be wrong! That's the number who have seen this hilarious show over the last two and a half years - and they love it! So much so, many of them have come back time and time again to join with their sisters in this 90-minute, one act laugh-a-thon!

Perhaps the attraction is the songs that everyone grew up with - The Great Pretender, Only You, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Stand by Your Man, I Will Survive and twenty more - all sung with gusto and all with their ‘new' lyrics. Or maybe it's the realisation that there is a wonderful life waiting after ‘The Change'.

"Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat" - by Stephen Michael King Millijack4

Tuesday 10 June 1.00pm,

Wednesday 11 June 10.00am & 12.30pm

Public General Admission Tickets $8

School Group Booking Tickets $8

Jack and Cat dance their way into Milli's life - and together they make the ordinary extraordinary! Presented by Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People.

The Best of Brittish Rock - Presented by Lennard Promotions - "Do Wah Diddy" -

The Manfreds and The Spencer Davis Group - 7.30 pm Sunday 22 June

A Reserve Tickets $69.90 - B Reserve Tickets $59.90

Original 60's Legends Concert - Direct from The UK -

The only QLD performance of the Australian Tour

The Manfreds present the golden age of British popular music (including original Manfred Mann members Paul Jones, Mike d'Abo and Tom McGuinness) singing their greatest hits

Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Pretty Flamingo, Ha! Ha! Said the Clown, Mighty Quinn, 5-4-3-2-1, Fox on the Run, My Name is Jack, .... 15 UK Top 20 singles.

The Spencer Davis Group

The famed Spencer Davis Group was created in 1963 and has a string of top 10 hits including;

"Gimme Some Lovin", "Somebody Help Me", "I'm A Man", and "Keep On Runnin".

The bands that helped bring British rock ‘n roll to the rest of the world.

http://www.themanfreds.com/ http://www.spencer-davis-group.com/bio.htm

SHANNON NOLL TURNS IT UP WITH HIS BIGGEST TOUR IN TWO YEARS

Sunday 6 July 7.30 pm

Earlybird tickets $37.50 Door Sales $40

Shannon Noll is going back on the road with the TURN IT UP Tour, his first major national run in two years. The 17-date tour, which features support act Small Mercies, starts shortly after the release of "Everybody Needs A Little Help", the third single off his current platinum selling album, Turn It Up.

Following his successful trip to the USA where he was the New York ambassador for G'Day USA: Australia Week, the multi-platinum selling singer can't wait to hit the road and get back to his fans, making stops at cities in more than half the Australian territories. His June/July run is the first of a two-leg tour, with the second run planned for September/October.

Like he did with Lift, one of his most popular and successful hits, Shannon once again sends spirits soaring with his poignant lyrics and raw honesty on "Everybody Needs A Little Help." "I wanted to get the edge that Lift had back in there, to say no matter what you're going through, it's OK. You don't have to do it alone," says Shannon.

Turn It Up, his third and current album, debuted at #3 on the ARIA albums chart. It has already produced one top 10 success with Loud, giving the boy from Condoblin a record-setting total of 10 consecutive top ten singles, including five #1s on the ARIA singles chart. Add his four ARIA award nominations and it's clear that in just a few short years the three-time running AVMA Best Male Artist has become one of Australia's most successful, iconic and best-loved performers. Tickets for the tour go on sale NOW!!.

Pete Murray - Tuesday 2 September 2008 7.10 pm Start

Petemurray1 All Tickets $42.95 - Tickets on sale 20 Mat 2008

Pete will be joined on this six week tour by his acclaimed band; Andy Sylvio (drums), Ben McCarthey (Keys) and Jonathan Zion (bass). The local dates will come off the back of Pete's international tour which will see him back in Europe hitting the stage with the likes of Rage Against The Machine, Metalica and Foo Fighters at some major festivals including Pinkpop in Amsterdam and Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park Festivals in Germany as well as solo headline shows in the UK. Support act is Gin Wigmore

Ipswich Civic Hall

6.30 pm Sat 23 August 2008

~~10.30 am and 12.30 pm Monday 25 August 2008~~ SOLD OUT

All Tickets $8.00 "....as dinkum as the wattle, as true blue as the gum...it is the happiest compendium of song, dance, storytelling and vivid characters....all the larrikin whimsy of Mem Fox's story....it's a production of integrity and gusto!"
Sydney Sun-Herald

Based on Mem Fox's classic picture book, the stage production of Possum Magic has been stylishly embellished into a rollicking Australian musical - complete with lamingtons, pavlovas and vegemite sandwiches! Since the world premiere season in 1990, it has become the most successful Australian musical for children ever produced for the stage.

Possum Magic is the tender tale of baby possum Hush, made invisible by Grandma Poss in an effort to keep her safe from snakes. The adventure begins when Grandma is unable to reverse the "bush magic" spell and both she and Hush set off across Australia to try to find the solution.

A work full of imagination, charm and humour, Possum Magic features larger than life-size puppets, original music and a cast of multi-talented performers. First published in 1983, this national tour will celebrate 25 years of magic and is sure to be the highlight of Australian children's theatre for 2008!

Check back soon for more details of the 2008 program.

Last Updated 14 May 2008 |

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